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jakell2010 10-15-2011 02:44 PM

Car rocking at highway speed
 
I had posted a few months ago about the car doing this on the track coming out of one corner, but now the whole car rocks, or sways at highway speed?...., doesn't effect handling ,,,,just seems to rock one side to the other,,,,,,anyone else heard of this?

harryrcb 10-15-2011 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jakell2010 (Post 260676)
I had posted a few months ago about the car doing this on the track coming out of one corner, but now the whole car rocks, or sways at highway speed?...., doesn't effect handling ,,,,just seems to rock one side to the other,,,,,,anyone else heard of this?

The only time I have heard of this is you either have a bad shock or something bent on the suspension. If one cornere is off it will rock the car

Gilles 10-17-2011 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by harryrcb (Post 260693)
The only time I have heard of this is you either have a bad shock or something bent on the suspension. If one cornere is off it will rock the car

Also any worn out suspension rubber bushing will cause this wobbling

harryrcb 10-21-2011 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gilles (Post 260902)
Also any worn out suspension rubber bushing will cause this wobbling

this is true but you would also feel that during slower speed operations especially when cornering

jakell2010 10-22-2011 08:07 AM

And the winner is,,,,,,harrycb, everything is bent on the drivers rear,,,ultimately the wobbling is from a bad drivers rear wheel bearing,,,BUT it was caused by a previous "rigged" repair. When I bought the car I checked the car fax, and it was clean with 3 owners, there were some paint lines on the drivers door and I could see some signs of putty in the car, the rims were toast, all four were bent beyond simple repair.

We put the car on a lift and when you looked at the car from the rear, you could see a difference from left to right, at one time the car must've taken a direct hit to the drivers rear wheel. The lower control arm is bent, the control arm link was bent, and track arm were all bent , someone spray painted the subframe assembly.

So the bad bearing was caused by that wheel always "crabbing", I had the car aligned last year and they didn't say anything, but now to do it right , all the suspension components on that wheel need replacing ,

My tech, M-Tech in New Rochelle NY, is a great guy, he said I could source the parts from the cheapest place and he'd charge me the labor , it's 4-5 hrs to pull and press the bearing, and once that's out the other parts are just a bunch of nuts and bolts

Great guy if you need service in the Ny metro area he's the guy 914-355-2500

Thanks to everyone for there help, :ah:The saga continues


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